Genesis 4:7
Shall it not, if thou do right, be lifted up? But if thou do not right, at the entrance a sin-bearer is lying,—Unto thee, moreover, shall be his longing, though, thou, rule over him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Genesis 3:16Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou bear children,—Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy longing, Though, he, rule over thee.
Genesis 19:21And he said unto him, Behold! I have lifted up thy countenance, even as to this thing,—so that I will not overthrow the city, of which thou hast spoken.
2 Samuel 24:23The whole, did Araunah give, as a king to a king. And Araunah said unto the king, Yahweh thy God, accept thee!
Job 29:4As I was, in the days of my prime, when, the intimacy of GOD, was over my tent;
Proverbs 18:5To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner be committing wickedness a hundred times, and continuing long in his own way, yet I surely know that it shall be well to them who revere God, who stand in awe before him;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:7-8
6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. God is here reasoning with Cain, to convince him of the sin and folly of his anger and discontent, and to bring him into a good temper again, that further mischief might be prevented. It is an instance of God's patience and condescending goodness that he would deal… Read the whole commentary →